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Chelsea are ready to welcome Sunderland to Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Blues are clearly on top, having won 31 and lost only 8 of the 51 games.
The previous match played between the two at Stamford Bridge was within the last three years, in November 2002, with Chelsea running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 30 Nov | Chelsea | 3-0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Mar | Chelsea | 4 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 09 Dec | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 17 Mar | Chelsea | 2 - 4 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Oct | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 04 Dec | Sunderland | 4 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Chelsea are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Blues have scored 9 and conceded 1 during this period.
The Black Cats have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Black Cats's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 12 points from the 4 games played. Sunderland find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 4 games have yielded only 0 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its good news for Chelsea fans, because, with them being in such great nick at home, I just cannot see any further than an emphatic home win for the Blues. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Chelsea | Won 4 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Won their latest 5 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Sunderland | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |